As they develop their companies, founders must give consideration to the metric of investability. It’s a metric that is challenging to apply because the yardstick of measurement is human judgment. Judgment is complex, and we …
When I visited China a few years ago, I found myself in conversations about the differences between US and Chinese culture when it comes to innovation. Our hosts were very interested in accessing US innovation, …
Schuerman: Today’s topic is University-Angel Investor relations, and I’m fortunate to be talking with exactly the right person for that topic, Mr. Jamie Rhodes. Jamie is the founder of the Central Texas Angel Network, which …
When we are putting together collaborations across academia and commerce, success is all about understanding priorities and aligning interests. The link below will take you to a presentation that will show you how to do this. If you …
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. -Neale Donald Walsch Being in your comfort zone is overrated. To convince yourself of this fact, simply interview anyone who has achieved something worthwhile, and you …
Academia is the world of universities and research organizations that focus on publication and the dissemination of knowledge. Commerce is the business world: industry, entrepreneurs, investors. These very different worlds and cultures have something in …
In genetics, one of the time-honored ways of studying something is to focus on how it is broken. Genes are part of systems, links in chains of events that organisms rely on to do what …
